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World Service,29 Sep 2021,26 mins

Warning over Chinese lending

World Business Report

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A study reveals that 42 countries have potentially unsustainable debt exposure to China. Author and columnist Gordon Chang tells us about the research from the AidData lab at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Also in the programme, US banking giant Citigroup is in court in New York to argue for the return of more than half a billion dollars accidentally transferred to the beauty firm Revlon's lenders. Katherine Doherty has been covering the story for Bloomberg, and explains the background. Plus, the BBC's Elizabeth Hotson reports on the growing trend of influencer-based marketing, by spending time in an influencer house, where social media personalities are temporarily living together to create content on behalf of a plant-based food brand. (Picture: Chinese workers on a Belt and Road initiative production line. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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